The Status of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah
As a whole he (ie: Ibn Taymiyyah), may Allah have mercy on him, was among the kibār al-ʿulamāʾ (ie: the great scholars) and among those who makes mistake and are right also. وبالجملة كان رحمه الله من كبار العلماء وممن يخطئ ويصيب But his mistakes against him on being right is like a drop of water in a vast deep sea, ولكن خطأه بالنسبة إلى صوابه كنقطة في بحر لجي، And his mistake is also forgiven as it is mentioned in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī: “When a hakim (ie: judge) gives judgement and ijtahada (ie: strives to know a ruling) and is correct, he has two rewards. If he strives to know a ruling, but is wrong, he has one reward.” So he (Ibn Taymiyyah) will be rewarded. وخطأه أيضاً مغفور له كما في صحيح الْبُخَارِيِّ: " إِذَا اجْتَهَدَ الْحَاكِمُ فَأَصَابَ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ وَإِذَا اجتهد فأخطأ فله أجر " فهو مأجور. And al-Imām Mālik b. Anas said: “Take and leave the words of all men, except the one in this grave (ie: pointing towards the grave of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ).” وَقَالَ الْإِمَامُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ: كُلُّ أَحَدٍ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَيُتْرَكُ إِلَّا صَاحِبَ هَذَا القبر. Ibn Kathīr, al-Bidāyah wa ʾl-Nihāyah 14/160 ابن كثير، البداية والنهاية ١٤/١٦٠ https://shamela.ws/book/8376/5430 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]
